The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia’s economy.

I will not be able to rule without you. You and I have the same responsibility. I do, as Bolivia’s number one servant. Servant – one who serves the nation, not one whom the nation serves.

I’m not going to run away from my responsibilities.

The issue is a stone in the show.

This is an exhortation for a country that is on the verge of civil war,

This is as far as I can go,

These movements are leading the country to a point that is unsustainable; I can't continue to govern under these circumstances.

It is a resignation that has one objective and that objective is to let the Bolivian people know that this is genuine,

We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel committed to their state because that state serves the citizens.

Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.